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Old Sep 10, 2008
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What are the first mods you did or will do?


Intake/Exhaust mods
- CAI
- 4-2-1 exhaust manifold
- cherry bomb muffler
- 2.5" piping

.now considering a gearbox for the d17
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

welcome to the site and the firsts mods i did were intake and a full exhaust. if you search around you will see plenty of threads with similar topics to this and opinions/reviews of pretty much any mod that you can think of beginning with.
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

Respect;

Next time due to the high gas price,
I'll just do Interior/Exterior mods
- wheels
- suspension (lowered)
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

Seems like everyone's in the business of making their cars sound like trash. First things I did was a flip out DVD screen/player and 2 way pager alarm system.
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^???

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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

I tinted my windows, put in a new grille, shaved all emblems but the honda one, threw on some 18" rims, and lowered it.
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

drop, rims, and sounds.
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

tint
full coilovers
sway bars
stereo system
exhaust
intake
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

tint
wheels
sound system
drop
i/h/e
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

blue rice headlight bulbs
clear headlight mod
blue chrome washer nozzles
chrome wiper blades
power by honda window banner
chrome tezzas, chrome license plate frames
two subs, amps, deck
big exhaust
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

When my si rolls in im going to start with a full exhaust system, hopefully from magnaflow because eventually I plan on going turbo.(i dunno if its the best choice, but i hear good things about them) probably new headers because i want to make the car useful while daily driving with a turbo, any thoughts on that would be good too! haha

ps, and dont laugh, but I want an exhaust system that dosen't sound like a weed whacker, not TOO loud, and deep, not high pitched and whiny, i want my engine to be louder than my pipes. any suggestions?
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

Although I only suggest using genuine Honda OEM parts, I have to admit that I got a little on the wild side on my first modification and purchased these new windshield wiper blades that were in the color of my car. I dont know what got into me, but I got rather risky and purchased these instead of Honda OEM parts. But they are nice and a wild first modification that I made to the 100% factory civic of mine. I got such an adrenaline rush when I installed them, and I haven't had an adrenaline rush for nearly 20 years!
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

intake, full exhaust, and bodykit maybe new seats
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

ill blast it with some nitros!!!!
nahh jk

Catback system, Intake, Coilovers, rims..and Front headlights..
im going for looks and a little speed for fun
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

just got an 04 civic lx
put on 15" koning runaways
put on 15" b/c i did not want mess with the fuel consumtion or the speed gauge
have to buy seat cover the previous owner was a smoker

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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

window tint, CAI, and sound system
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

First few I did.. in this order..

"Super white" headlight bulbs
Tein S-tech springs
Weapon R Dragon Intake
Sound System (head unit, sub)
Apex'i WS-II exhaust
Kamikaze Ceramic Header
Revo Technica Short Shifter
TYC Projectors
Plug n Play HID kit
Neuspeed front upper strut bar, rear lower tie bar, front x-brace
Tokico Blues


ended up revamping everything (some a few times) until I got the setup I have now..

P.S. Whee for adding to a hella old thread.. lol
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

30 dollar intake on ebay best investment ever made on a mod and the only
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

^ Yay, an intake that filters absolutely nothing. Now that youve spent the 30 bucks, go back on ebay and search. AEM dry flow filter civic and buy one of those for that cheap intake. And presto, you have a sweet intake that actually filters something!
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

Originally Posted by eg6wite305
Why do any performance mods? If u want a fast car( and 15 sec is not fast) dont buy a honda! Buy a real car thats rear wheel drive and more displacement than a 2 liter if Coke! Civics r good cars for what they were intended for which is being a reliable, fuel efficient daily driver. NOT A SPORTS CAR!!!
I agree with you and I'm pretty sure most people here do. Only I didn't register on a forum to rub it in someone's face.
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

Originally Posted by DeX
I agree with you and I'm pretty sure most people here do. Only I didn't register on a forum to rub it in someone's face.
Then again, I still got 380 miles to a tank when I had my turbo on
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

I lowered it first with Tein Basics, then got new sounds, and new wheels. Next on the list is a DOHC VTEC, new exhaust, turbo kit, bored cylinders, bigger pistons, aggresive cams, cold intake, bigger manifold and throttle body.etcName:  gg.jpg
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Re: What are the first mods you did or will do?

2003 Civic EX Coupe

So far for me

-17" motegi's
-Took out huge airbox
-took off very back muffler (for some sound and it sounds good...nice and deep!)

Soon to come........

-ebay lowering springs with camber kit
-tint
-ebay header and CAT back exhaust
-ebay CAI
-DIY black headlights (will be done tomorrow)
-subs and deck
-Lightened Flywheel
-ebay black grille
-ebay fogs

and thats it for now
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